Fulham 0-2 Leicester: 3 things FoL learned

Leicester City bounced back from defeat at home to Leeds United with a convincing 2-0 win at against Fulham at Craven Cottage.

With several changes made to the starting eleven, Leicester City comfortably made their way through a potentially tricky game against Scott Parker’s Fulham. A collector’s item headed goal from Kelechi Iheanacho opened the scoring on the seventeenth minute settling any nerves. There could have been more goals with chances for Caglar Soyuncu and Harvey Barnes well saved by Fulham goalkeeper Areola. But right before half time James Justin rounded off a sublime foxes move with skilful turns from both Kelechi Iheanacho and crucially James Maddison in the build up.

The second half was a relatively comfortable event with Fulham being allowed plenty of possession but unable to cause Kasper Schmeichel any serious issues. Another three points on the road then, as Leicester continue to hang around the top four. But what three things did we learn from Brendan Rodgers latest victory?

Players taking their opportunities

With another round of injuries, some changes were enforced upon Brendan Rodgers with normal first teamers Ricardo Pereira and Caglar Soyuncu performing astutely as expected. The two other surprises on the teamsheet knew how big an opportunity they had been given and they took them with both hands.

Kelechi Iheanacho, much criticised and seemingly out of favour was thrown a lifeline up front with Ayoze Perez moved out wide to accommodate him. Only seventeen minutes in and he converted a sublime header from a pinpoint James Maddison cross. The eagerness to make a nuisance of himself continued throughout the game. His excellent turn on the halfway line before releasing Maddison was also a key component in James Justin’s goal. We were even treated to a bit of aggression in closing down defenders. He’s a long way off being seen as Jamie Vardy’s successor but for now another start at Wolves could be likely.